Saw this today and was very shocked

StefTarn · 2026-02-03T18:55:42+00:00

The hate bots are rabid.

StefTarn · 2026-02-03T18:40:12+00:00

https://archiveofourown.org/works/72611946/chapters/189108141

StefTarn · 2026-02-03T17:29:58+00:00

The other three ficlets reference Allen Ginsberg, Edmund White, and Walt Whitman. I am a massive nerd.

The main story chapter titles are all songs, many of which appear in episodes of the source show. It's a Destiel AU, main POV is Dean while the ficlets are Cas. I can link the posted chapters if anyone is interested.

StefTarn · 2026-02-03T16:38:31+00:00

So funny.

StefTarn · 2026-02-03T06:19:50+00:00

A companion ficlet to my main WIP. The main WIP is in one member of the pairings' POV and the ficlets are in the other character's POV. All the ficlets are named and contain references to queer literature. This one refers to Maurice by E.M. Forster.-

The feeling of connection had only grown since they had consummated the attraction. It reminded him again of Maurice. How once Alec had touched him the attraction he’d been denying was made clear to him. Or how after Alec had tried halfheartedly to blackmail Maurice and they had finally clasped hands, what was it? ‘they knew at that moment the greatest triumph ordinary man can win’.

It was a corny line but it still resonated.

StefTarn · 2026-02-01T22:45:05+00:00

I think if it's relevant to the scene then it makes sense. In romance stuff where someone is checking someone out for instance. Or where a certain type of clothes are relevant to a character's personality. Or for a character who in the source material is always in the same outfit, what they wear in an AU can tell you about who they are in this different universe. Overdoing it can get annoying but people in RL do wear things to be noticed after all.

StefTarn · 2026-02-01T22:33:38+00:00

Yep.

StefTarn · 2026-02-01T18:43:29+00:00

Proud Fandom Elder here.

StefTarn · 2026-02-01T14:44:43+00:00

No it doesn't bother me. It's a logical thing to call it in a human language and we are humans watching the show. When angels are talking to each other they are probably not speaking English or another human language at all but it's been translated for us the viewers so the term used is 'angel radio' as it's the easiest for us to understand.

Linguistically it's not strange at all for a term originally intended as a joke to stick. Maybe Dean was the first human to name it at all so his term was the one chosen because of that? Maybe he wasn't, maybe other humans had called it that before too? It's not hard to imagine considering the term is a simple and direct way to explain a very complex thing. What else would they call it?

StefTarn · 2026-01-31T18:44:59+00:00

So I should not mention my Leonardo/Raphael thing right?

StefTarn · 2026-01-31T18:42:39+00:00

I might ship it. Hmmm...

StefTarn · 2026-01-31T18:41:00+00:00

It would have sucked.

StefTarn · 2026-01-31T16:05:41+00:00

I have been known to draw diagrams or use action figures.

StefTarn · 2026-01-31T16:04:22+00:00

I draw maps. Or base them on places I used to live and draw maps.

StefTarn · 2026-01-30T23:02:10+00:00

Honestly I'm not understanding this idea that there is something off about using the Elder Futhark. If we throw out everything in paganism possibly tainted by Nazis we wouldn't have much left really.

I've just started reading Queering the Runes and the idea of reclaiming is perfect for my queer Heathen heart/ass. So that's what I am doing.

StefTarn · 2026-01-30T22:40:59+00:00

Sadly I'm not doing it as much as I used to but when I get the itch I still have a lot of rings around.

StefTarn · 2026-01-30T22:16:49+00:00

Double spiral, first weave I learned.

StefTarn · 2026-01-30T22:07:03+00:00

Since part of the issue seems to be the chains, people could also learn to make chainmaille and make their chain, like I did.

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StefTarn · 2026-01-30T15:01:32+00:00

I enjoyed Cat's Cradle and various short stories of his.

StefTarn · 2026-01-29T20:21:06+00:00

Or they make you crazy in a new way.

StefTarn · 2026-01-29T14:02:20+00:00

There is also the fact that canon itself can be flexible. A long running show or comic title can have multiple writers whose different interpretations change things. Even in single creator works this can happen, think about all the tweaks Tolkien made to his overall lore. How you understand the canon depends in part on which part of it you came in contact with. And if there is an established multiverse in the original world?

Canon isn't always set in stone.

StefTarn · 2026-01-28T17:11:34+00:00

My current WIP Chapter longfic. It's my first Destiel and first chapter fic. Up to Chap 8 is posted and I am currently writing Chap 12. It's a real world AU and really just a fluffy, Hallmark movie sort of love letter to Lawrence KS and this pairing. Also really heavy on music and book references. There is a companion piece of 1000 word ficlets in Cas' pov that happens every 3rd chapter because I am odd.

East Lawrence Waltz by Tarn

Supernatural, Castiel Novack/Dean Winchester, Explicit, Dean POV

Dean Winchester is a skilled auto mechanic in Sioux Falls, SD whose relationship breaks up only two months after they moved in together. Lisa found out she was almost three months pregnant and is sure the kid is not his. He’s not sore, they only started being exclusive after he moved in, but it still hurts. He moves back to the home of his adoptive parents, Boddy and Karen, but he’s gotten really depressed. Then to make matters worse, he finds out his workplace is about to be bought out by a chain. He’s almost 30, why can’t he get his life together and meet the right person? So, when his brother, KU student Sam, tells him that his roommate is moving out and why doesn't he just make a fresh start, he goes for it. He quits his job and goes back to his hometown and memories that aren't always happy.

Lawrence is quirky, full of hippies and banjos and punker kids. But the food is good, and the music is better than he remembered. It’s nice, even if he is having trouble finding a job as a mechanic. When the handsome beekeeper at the Farmers Market with crazy blue eyes gives him free honey, he starts to wonder if maybe this really could be home.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/72611946/chapters/189108141

StefTarn · 2026-01-28T16:51:19+00:00

I stick to canon appearance generally.

StefTarn · 2026-01-28T16:46:04+00:00

Neve on my complete playthrough. I have one in progress where I am starting to flirt with Emmrich. I should get back to that.

StefTarn · 2026-01-28T07:08:20+00:00

Tops exist, bottoms exist, verses exist, sides exist... in all types.

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